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Cyanophyceae: Chroococcales: Chroococcaceae
Cyanophyceae: Chroococcales: Merismopediaceae

 Synechocystis sp.

Synechocystis Order & Family: Floating unicells or a colony embedded in a matrix; no differentiation of apical and base structures; only one family.
Genus: Unicells; cell body lacking sheath, spherical in shape (Illustrations of The Japanese Fresh-water Algae, 1977).

Synechocystis sp., cell body 11-12 μm in diam., x 640, Ikenokochi (or Ikenokouchi) marsh, Tsuruga city, Fukui Pref., Japan, September 11, 2004 by Y. Tsukii
scale 31 μm scale 63 μm scale 94 μm; x 640
Synechocystis Synechocystis

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